Products Liability
Jury Determines Monsanto’s Roundup a Major Factor in Man’s Cancer
Numerous lawsuits have been and are being filed against Monsanto, a large agrochemical giant, for the alleged harm their herbicide Roundup Weed and Grass Killer has caused to its users. For many years now, it has been suspected that glyphosate, a chemical in the poison, was carcinogenic. Bayer, which owns Monsanto, has denied all along…
Read MoreNew High Chair Standards Were Approved to Increase Child Safety
Manufacturers of baby high chairs will now have to conform to a revised set of standards for their design. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has recently issued a new federal standard aimed at enhancing the safety of all high chairs. The standards cover high chairs designed for home use as well as restaurant…
Read MoreHow is Big Pharma Influencing Your Doctor?
We trust our doctors to make decisions about our health that can have long-lasting consequences. It is reasonable to assume that doctors intend to help and heal people who are sick and wounded. However, after the long and rigorous years of medical school and in many cases accumulated student debt, most doctors also want their…
Read MoreWomen Disproportionately Affected by Dangerous and Defective Drugs
Women are victimized more than men by Big Pharma. Earlier this year, the American Association for Justice (AAJ) examined the history of how dangerous pharmaceutical products have harmed women over the past 150 years. From Accutane to Zonite: A History of Dangerous Drugs & Devices Marketed to Women gives a detailed account of harmful medical…
Read MoreEven the FDA Won’t Protect You from Dangerous Products, Anymore
A few weeks ago, the House passed a dangerous Bill – HR 1215 – that would severely limit the rights of people who have sustained an injury because of a defective medical device. Now, a new deal between the Food & Drug Administration and medical device makers is making its way to Congress – a…
Read MoreTakata’s Bankruptcy Is Bad News for Everyone, and the Numbers Prove It
Only a few short weeks ago, we wrote about how there was finally some good news for people affected by Takata’s airbags. It appears we were premature in that assessment. On Jun 25, 2017, Takata filed for bankruptcy in both the U.S. and Japan, citing liabilities of between $10 and $50 billion, per the New…
Read MoreFinally, Some Good News for Car Owners Affected by the Takata Airbag Recall
Over the course of the last nine years, we have watched the saga of Takata’s defective airbag recalls unfold. To date, it is the largest recall in U.S. history: 42 million vehicles in this country are equipped with these airbags. In February 2017, Takata pled guilty to fraud, and agreed to pay a billion dollars,…
Read MoreAnother Year, Another Round of Airbag Recalls by Honda
In The Godfather: Part III, Michael Corleone, upon realizing his enemies will never let him be a legitimate businessman, looks into the mirror and says, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” And so it goes with the latest round of Takata airbag recalls: just when we thought we were…
Read MoreRisk of Infection from Defective Heater Cooler Devices Used in Open Chest Surgeries
Individuals who have had open chest surgery in the past five years at be at risk for a deadly bacterium from a defective type of heater-cooler device (HCD) used in surgery. There is a specific model of HCD, the Stockert LivaNova 3T heater-cooler device, which is manufactured in Germany and is used in about 60%…
Read MoreNo Soup for You! Mislabeled MOM’S CHICKEN SOUP Puts Consumers at Risk
Chicken soup is perfect for cold winter days, but consumers of MOM’S CHICKEN SOUP may have been in for a surprise this January when they opened their cans to discover Italian wedding soup with meatballs instead of the chicken, veggies and noodles they were anticipating. On January 12, 2017, Kettle Cuisine, the maker of both…
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